Dr. Georg Karasek

Practice Areas

Construction and Real Estate, Architects Law, Litigation, Arbitration

Professional Experience

Chairman of the Austrian Students’ Association (1976-1977); Attorney-at-law since 1985; Member of the Society for Construction Law; Lecturer at the University of Vienna; Lecturer at the Polytechnic Institute Leberstrasse (Camillo Sitte) until 2002; Constant lecturing activity in the fields of construction law, public procurement law, and architects’ law; member of the Federal Communications Board (2001-2013); Author of numerous books and articles on contract law and construction law; Arbitrator at the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, at the Austrian Standards Institute and at several ad hoc arbitral courts; Member of the Board of Management of Josefstadt Theatre (Theater in der Josefstadt) since 2005; Founding partner of KWR; President of the Austrian Society for Construction Law and Construction Industry since 2017